WHAT IF YOU WOKE UP ONE MORNING, AND EVERYTHING HAD CHANGED? It’s one week before Christmas Eve, and Haruhi and the rest of the SOS Brigade are gearing up for holiday festivities. But just before the fun kicks off, Kyon, the only “normal” member, wakes up in a weird alternate dimension, one where Haruhi attends another school entirely, Nagato the time traveling robot is just an ordinary human, and Mikuru (the cute girl of Kyon’s dreams) doesn’t even recognize him—in other words, the SOS Brigade never existed. The only clue Kyon can find is a bookmark left by the robot version of Nagato, which leads him on a quest back in time, where he once again encounters the events of “Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody,” a short story from the previous Haruhi book, The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya. This fun and quirky holiday tale is reminiscent of A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life. (Source: Yen Press) Note: Includes a prologue and epilogue.
Japanese study overview
Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu is a Japanese novel of 95,953 characters, with 7,162 unique words and 1,629 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,162 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 俺I×908
- 長門Osakado×354
- 朝比奈Akihina×259
- 言うto say×177
- 古泉Koizumi×129
- お前you×106
- 思うto think×105
- 前in front (of)×84
- 世界the world×84
- 知るto know×81
- 顔face×79
- 朝倉Akuhira×72
- 谷口Tanikuchi×54
- 涼宮Suzumiya×54
- ＳＯＳSOS (distress signal)×44
- 国木田Kunikida×32
- 文芸部literary club (e.g. at school)×23
- 未来人man of the future×18
- 有希Aisa×16
- 栞bookmark×13